Vauréal

French commune
nomcommune=Vauréal


caption=Town hall
latitude=49.0353
longitude=2.0328
map_size=270px
adjustable_

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mapcaption=Location (in red) within Paris inner and outer suburbs
région=Île-de-France
département=Val-d'Oise
arrondissement=Pontoise
canton=L'Hautil
intercomm=Cergy-Pontoise
maire=Bernard Morin
mandat=2001-2008
alt mini=22
alt maxi=122 m
area=3.46
sans=
16,308
16,206
date-sans=Oct. 2003 estimate)
(March 8, 1999 census
dens=4,713|date-dens=2003
insee=95637
cp=95490|

Vauréal is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 30.6 km (19 miles) from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s.

French chocolate maker Henri Menier (1853–1913) had a château in Vauréal and named the 70 metres high Vauréal Falls on Anticosti Island in Quebec province of Canada after the town.

Demographics

As of the census of 1999, the population was formatnum:16206.
The estimate for 2005 was formatnum:15400.

Transportation

Vauréal is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest station to Vauréal is Cergy – Le Haut station on Paris RER line A and on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Cergy, 2.2 km (1.4 miles) from the town center of Vauréal.

ee also

*Communes of the Val-d'Oise department

References

* [http://www.uniondesmairesduvaldoise.fr Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise] fr icon
* [http://www.insee.fr/en/home/home_page.asp INSEE] en icon
* [http://www.ign.fr/rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1&lng_id=EN IGN] en icon

External links

* [http://www.vaureal.fr Official website] fr icon
* [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_98=INSEE&VALUE_98=95637 Mérimée database - Cultural heritage] fr icon
* [http://www.iaurif.org/en/gis/fichescom/mos99/ficmos/mos95637.html Land use (IAURIF)] en icon